He grins wickedly. “Alone at last.”
Laughing, I walk up to him and run my fingers down his chest, enjoying the solid feel of him. “What about the blueprints?”
“Oh, Fee. I don’t need blueprints for what I’m about to do. I know your body so well that I could find every part of you blindfolded.”
“Later,” I giggle.
I fall into his arms and he drags his tongue down my throat. Moaning we drift together and I let my head fall back, losing myself in the wonder of our love.
Outside, the snow falls but spring is coming. In this room, the only thing I feel is heat and fire. And the love of the man holding me, coming apart with me and driving me crazy.
Then putting me back together once again. Like he does every time we find each other, when the passion overwhelms us.
I never thought I’d find a man so perfect for me. But Monroe Stephens is everything I never thought I wanted or needed.
And I don’t think I’ll ever get enough of him no matter how long we live.
“I love you,” he sighs, his body thrusting into me.
“I love you too,” I whisper, kissing him and letting his love wash over me. Giving myself to him just as he gives himself to me.
“Beautiful,” he sighs and holds me close, sitting down in my chair, buck naked and panting.
Cuddling close, I smile and hold him tight. “Handsome,” I say and he chuckles warmly, his nose nuzzling my cheek.
Perfectly mine in every way. Thank heaven I found him. Because I sure as hell can’t live without him now.
Luckily, he won’t let me go. And one of these days maybe we’ll add to our little family, growing it and ending the feud with the joining of our families in blood not just legally.
My smile turns inward. I can’t wait to see where we go. But we’ve got time. And love to find our way.
Epilogue: Fiona
“What’s going on, Harper? You’re not usually here on a Saturday afternoon.”
My cousin kicks her toes in her sturdy boots, scuffing the ground. “No reason.”
I wait patiently. I know something’s going on. It doesn’t take long for her to huff.
“I’m hoping that we can help out a friend of mine. I know that you’ve been wanting to take down that wall since you and Monroe got together.”
“We were going to take care of it. Monroe thinks he can do it.”
A deep sigh and she looks up at me with her eyes, sad and gray. Her eyes are the same color as mine, along with some other things that make us look more like sisters than cousins sometimes.
“Do you remember Darius? I went to school with him.”
“Yeah. But I thought he was married with kids and living somewhere out east of us.”
“He was. But something happened. We’ve always kinda stayed in touch and he reached out to me last week. He’s looking to come home and he’s looking for work.”
“With his family?” I can’t help watching my cousin closely. I know she had a crush on Darius in high school. I don’t want her to get hurt by still having feelings for her friend when he’s already taken.
“That’s the thing that happened. His wife and kids were in a car crash. It was a big one on the interstate. He was driving but he survived. They didn’t.”
“Oh, Harper,” I breathe. “That poor man. He must be devastated.”
She nods and her eyes drop to the floor as she fumbles with her purse strap. “Yeah, he is.”
